Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

64 – Part 2 Episode 20

The Pope.

Kiriya’s representative on the ground.

It has been called that since the time when there was no empire, and even after the empire was established, it is still called ‘Hwang’.

“Your Holiness.”

“John. What’s going on?”

“The borders of the empire are coming soon.”

“Oh, has it already happened?”

Such a Pope was currently moving his steps towards the Empire.

The Holy Knights, armed with pure white armor, escorted the pope, and five cardinals assisted.

The saintess was also joining the procession.

For a pope to leave the Holy Land is a rare event that can be counted on two hands even if you look into history, but no one objected when the pope said he would visit the empire.

It is Kiriya who chooses the pope, and that is why the will of the pope is the will of Kiriya.

Similarly, there was no one who could stop the pope other than the saintess chosen by Kiriya, and the saintess had no intention of stopping the pope, so the Pope’s trip to the Empire was quickly decided.

“Tsk. This guy’s wagon is too much.”

The Pope sat in the carriage and looked out the window at the scenery.

Unlike the easy-going personality of the pope, the pope’s carriage is not inferior to that of the emperor. No, it was more of a commodity.

A wheel made of wood that grows in the deepest part of the great grove was decorated with white leaves from the great grove, and the areas where there were no leaves were decorated with pure gold.

In addition, it boasted durability to block even the dragon’s magic several times, with the defense magic bestowed directly by the green dragon remaining.

“Since when did you say this has been around?”

“It was a gift from Great Forest when the first pope ascended the throne.”

“Yes, I did.”

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I wanted to say something more, but the pope stopped talking as if he was taking his anger out on the wagon.

Not long after, two towering flags caught the eyes of the pope and his entourage.

The flag that symbolizes the empire and the crest of the Marquis of Grepa.

The princes of the west came out to greet the pope.

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“Meet the Pope.”

He reigns like a king in the west. Sooner or later, the Marquis of Grepa, a cousin of the Emperor and a Marquis who would be crowned the actual King, personally came to meet the Pope.

Even if the king of another country came to visit, he wouldn’t come out here to greet it, but if it was the Pope, that would be acceptable.

“Meet the Marquis Grepa. You look just like the previous marquis.”

“That Pope is still the same.”

“Oh, have we met before?”

“I have seen you from far away at a banquet where I attended a banquet held by the hand of the previous head of household. It is a banquet held in the holy kingdom.”

“Ah, I remember. The late Marquis had visited the Holy Kingdom once. She came to ask for a blessing on the marriage of Empress Dowager, who was the Lady of Greppa at the time.”

“Privately, you are my aunt.”

Coming to think of it, the man in front of me was a man who had been the pope even when the previous emperor reigned.

Anyway, it was not important to Fried, so Fried continued.

“You must have had a hard time coming this far, so please rest a little. There is Count Cherne’s estate nearby, and we have prepared a banquet there. Take a day off and go up to the island with me the next day.”

“Is the Marquis also with you?”

“Since His Majesty is calling, we must go.”

It was a message that all the feudal lords were under the emperor’s control.

It was a short play that Fried first proposed and the emperor agreed to, but the pope could understand it.

“Oh, and did the saintess come with you?”

When Fried called the saintess without respect, the cardinals and paladins felt uncomfortable, but the marquis didn’t care at all.

At the same time as the paladin’s eyebrows were frowned, the knights accompanied by the Marquis gained momentum.

It was not my intention to engage in a fight with Seongguk.

A mechanical and reflexive response to those who dare to show displeasure in front of their lord.

Of course, when the Marquis lightly shook his hand, he reduced it again, but it was enough to harden the paladin’s expression.

“… Yes. I came too. Marquis.”

Her saintess crossed between her party and stood in front of her marquis, and her marquis said after spotting her like that.

“Ah, it was you. There was something the Marquis of Audas asked me to convey.”

The saintess, naturally knowing that the Marquis of Audas meant the hero Shien, concentrated on the words of the Marquis.

“They said it would be difficult to meet Marquis Audas as he is outside the empire to carry out His Majesty’s orders.”

“Ah… “

The reason why the saintess followed the empire has disappeared.

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“Sure, an empire is an empire.”

These were the words of John, who assisted the pope closest to him.

“To think that all of the knights are elite, and there are only two Masters besides the Marquis himself. At that level, they are superior to the Zere Royal Knights.”

“Compared to you?”

“… Knights can win. The Marquis also doesn’t look great in itself, but considering the rumored swords, it seems like a difficult opponent.”

“Tsk. Then what about the knight commander?”

“He will definitely lose to the Marquis.”

“I see.”

In fact, the fact that the real strength of the empire was not the master and the knights was irrelevant to the Pope, but it seemed to be different from the perspective of the master, John.

“By the way, what about the saintess?”

“… You don’t seem to have much energy.”

There was no one in the Holy Land who did not know that the saintess liked warriors, and no one who did not know why the saintess was weak.

“You should tell the knight commander to take her saintess and visit her brother.”

“Yes… ? Will you be okay?”

“Anyway, the emperor doesn’t like the saintess very much. She has nothing to gain by meeting her.”

“Yeah, but sending the Holy Knight Commander… “

“John.”

“Yes, Your Holiness.”

“If the emperor tries to kill me in Jedo, will it make a difference whether or not there is a paladin commander?”

“… All right.”

The pope who sent John out let out a long sigh.

“… Could there be any other way… “

Actually, the behavior of the beastmen was not completely incomprehensible.

If Kiriya is sealed, what should I do if there is a way to solve it?

Of course, Kiriya wouldn’t want it if that method was massacre and war, but there must be many people who are still thinking about it.

But, it was too much.

Too many people and prisoners died, and the relationship between the two was irreversibly torn.

The reason for the emperor’s distrust of heterogeneous people was created.

And the biggest problem.

The emperor has become too strong.

Of course, the emperor was strong before, and the empire was also strong.

It was ambiguous whether it was enough to wage a war against the entire continent.

You might win, but if you’re not lucky, you might lose.

Even if you win, you have to prepare for a big loss by engaging in an all-out war.

In addition, from the emperor’s point of view, the variable of being the owner of the magic tower must have been very burdensome.

But now?

“Of course, a new god is born in the empire.”

I thought how nice it would have been if I had been a genie or a freeman who had no interest in the world, but thinking about it again, I thought it was better than coming out of the kingdom.

What if a god like the current emperor came from another kingdom?

Either the emperor would eventually become a god-slayer, or the empire would perish.

“The emperor’s disposition has changed, so there is room for discussion.”

According to reports, the emperor’s disposition has changed a lot recently.

Jokes with the princes and other high-ranking nobles, or saved people who would have been killed in the past.

A few days ago, after hearing that the emperor had forgiven two nobles quite leniently for insulting the princess and trying to lay a hand on those raised by the emperor, I was convinced of the report.

‘You are becoming more and more like the people I know.”

“… Miss Kiriya?”

Kiriya’s voice echoed in the Pope’s head.

Originally, it happened only a few times a year, but recently, the frequency has increased dramatically, so I was not taken aback.

‘It is very hard on those who pose a threat to itself and beings of the same rank, but is very lenient on those who are not. Of course there are some who don’t, but there were many gods like that.’

‘In the past, there was a man named Paura. He is the god of fire, and he didn’t blink an eye even when one of the transcendents destroyed the temple and insulted him.’

“… Even if he broke the temple and insulted it?”

‘That’s right. But one day, when the fire spirit king said that his flame was the hottest in the world, he burned all the spirits under him and expelled the spirit king to the other world.’

As the Pope, I didn’t understand it well, but what can I do? God himself says so.

‘ Ah, my child. I wasn’t here to talk about this.’

The Pope closed his eyes and listened intently, and Kiriya’s voice rang out again.

‘Hey. You will meet the Emperor as soon as possible and tell me what I have to say. There are people who remember those who have been forgotten, and traces of those who have disappeared.’

The reason why the pope visited the Empire.

On the surface, it was intended to mediate the dispute between the Empire and the Kingdom, but the truth was different.

‘You will have the emperor spread his influence over the entire continent. In the direction that bleeds the least.’

The pope was here to help the emperor unify the continent.